Couple Forces 9-Year-Old Daughter To Wear Electric Dog Collar

Two sorry-excuses-for-parents from Connecticut are currently behind bars on bail after they supposedly forced their 9-year-old daughter to wear an electric dog collar and made her bark so it would shock her for getting bad grades in school.

A Connecticut couple allegedly punished a 9-year-old girl in their care with an electric shock collar designed to discipline dogs, police said.

Eduardo Montanez, 43, remains jailed on $250,000 bond on charges including third-degree assault, risk of injury to a child and cruelty. Montanez’s wife, Paula, 34, is held on $200,000 bond on charges of risk of injury to a child, conspiracy to commit third-degree assault and conspiracy to commit cruelty.

The Danbury couple was arrested Tuesday after an investigation was launched after the girl told a teacher.

Montanez allegedly forced the girl to bark so the collar would shock her, WVIT-TV reports. Police said the couple was upset about the girl’s progress in school.